Announcement of the online program for SEAMEO School Network (free of charge)

Second Online Program by CRICED, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Title:
Mathematics Education to Develop Students Agency: The Case of Fractions
‘Teaching Mathematics to Develop Mathematical Thinking as Higher Order Thinking: How do you teach? Why?’ II

Provided by
CRICED, University of Tsukuba, Japan: Affiliate Member of SEAMEO
Lectured by
Masami Isoda, Prof/PhD, University of Tsukuba, Japan

With support and contribution of

Wahyudi & Weerawan Theeraroungchaisri (SEAMEO Secretariat), Shah Jahan bin Assanarkutty & Teh Kim
Hong (SEAMEO-RECSAM), Wahid Yunianto (SEAMEO-QUITEP in Mathematics), Maitree Inprasitha,
Narumon Changsri, Nisakorn Boonsena & Auijit Pattanajak (Khon Kaen University, Thailand), Nguyen Chi
Thanh (Vietnam National University-University of Education, Hanoi. Vietnam), Aida Yap & Erlina Ronda
(University of the Philippines, Philippines), Raimundo Olfos & Soledad Estrella (Pontificia Universidad
Católica de Valparaiso, Chile), Marcela Santillan (Universidad Pedagogica Nacional, Mexico)

Course Summary
On OECD Education for 2030 (2018), Student Agency means students who “Learned how
to learn”. The objective of this on-line lecture is the education of teachers’ profession to
develop students who learn mathematics for and by
themselves with learning terminology of mathematical
thinking. It is necessary mathematics’ knowledge to
develop the student agency for all school levels. Based
on a survey on the last program (Figure 1), it mainly
focuses on the topic of fractions at elementary school
level. As well as the last program, it will be illustrated
by using the task sequence of Japanese Problem
Solving Approach which is provided by the Gakko
Tosho Textbook because its adapted editions have
been used in Thailand, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Fig. 1. Demands of the last participants
Chile, and Indonesia.
Couse Content, Registration and Certifications
It is a free program on SEAMEO priority areas #5 for ʻRevitalizing Teacher Educationʼ and
#7 for ʻAdopting 21st Century Curriculumʼ. CRICED, University of Tsukuba, Japan, provides
the certifications to participants depending on the completion of ordered stages.
 This online lecture goes through flip learning style. Before the lecture, registered
participants will receive the document for the lesson and prepare the answer for exercises. At
each online lecture, we answer the exercise with discussion of contributors. At the end of each
lesson we ask participants a short questionnaire for knowing how the lesson worked and send
the URL for every class. Only the participants that answer the questionnaire will receive the
next document and the URL for the next class. This feedback from participants is used for
evaluation of the program itself. Also, it is used as attendance confirmation but not as an
evaluation of the participants.

Course Roadmap
Lesson Content Schedule
Lesson 1 What is fraction? Oct. 23
Lesson 2 Dividing and Operational Fraction, and Quantity Fraction Oct. 30
Lesson 3 Addition with different denominator Nov. 6
Lesson 4 Fraction as Number Nov. 13
Lesson 5 Fraction in relation to ratio and proportion Nov. 20
Lesson 6 Multiplication of Fraction Nov. 27
Lesson 7 Division of Fraction Dec. 4

All the lessons will begin at 19:00 (Japan time) through a live streaming via YouTube. Each
lesson will be approximately 75 minutes long, divided into several parts for taking small breaks.
Participants will be able to attend each lesson until next lesson on the roadmap, sequentially.

Application form (Deadline October 20th, 2021): https://forms.gle/aykxXRd4gYB3J7Fm9

Every lesson uses the learned knowledge at the previous lesson. Sequential participations are
necessary to receive the certification of the course at the end (after lesson 7) from CRICED.

Contact
Masami Isoda, Prof/PhD. Director of CRICED, University of Tsukuba, 305-8572, Japan

Inquiry form for the course: https://forms.gle/ZbT92GxAGE7UVAAHA

 References
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and M. Landau (eds.), Acquisition of Mathematics Concepts and Processes, Academic
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Charalabous, C. Y., Pitta-Pantaze, D. (2007). Drawing a theoretical model to study
student’s understanding of fractions. Educational Studies in Mathematics. 64, 239-
316.
Masami Isoda with collaborators (2021). Teaching Mathematics to Develop
Mathematical Thinking as Higher Order Thinking: How do you teach? Why?
https://www.criced.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/seameo_online-program.html
Masami Isoda et al. (to appear). Fraction for Teachers
Masami Isoda, Raimundo Olfos edited (2021). Teaching Multiplication with Lesson Study:
Japanese and Ibero-American Theories for International Mathematics Education. Cham,
Switzerland: Springer. (Open Access)
Masami Isoda, Aki Murata (2020). Study with your friends: Mathematics for Elementary School
(12 vols.). Tokyo, Japan: Gakko Tosho.
Masami Isoda, Aki Murata, Aida Yap (2015). Study with your friends: Mathematics for
Elementary School (12 vols.). Tokyo, Japan: Gakko Tosho.
Masami Isoda, David Tall (2019). Mathematics for Junior High School (3 vols.). Tokyo, Japan:
Gakko Tosho.
Dominador Dizon Mangao, Nur Jahan Ahmad, Masami Isoda edited (2017).SEAMEO basic
education standards (SEA-BES): Common core regional learning standards (CCRLS) in
mathematics and science. Penang, Malaysia: SEAMEO-RECSAM,
http://www.recsam.edu.my/sub_sea-bes/images/docs/SEAMEO-ASEAN-
CurriculumSEABES-CCRLS-Standards.pdf
Maitree Inprasitha, Masami Isoda, Patsy Wang Iverson, Ban Har Yap (2015). Lesson Study:
Challenges in Mathematics Education. New Jersey, USA: World Scientific
Masami Isoda, Shigeo Katagiri (2012). Mathematical Thinking: How to develop it in the
classroom. New Jersey, USA: World Scientific
TEH Kim Hong, ISODA Masami, GAN Teck Hock (in printing). Mathematics Challenges for
Classroom Practices at the Lower Primary Level. Penang, Malaysia: SEAMEO-RECSAM
ISODA Masami, TEH Kim Hong, GAN Teck Hock (in printing). Mathematics Challenges for
Classroom Practices at the Upper Primary Level. Penang, Malaysia: SEAMEO-RECSAM
GAN Teck Hock, ISODA Masami, TEH Kim Hong (2021). Mathematics Challenges for
Classroom Practices at the Lower Secondary Level. Penang, Malaysia: SEAMEO-RECSAM